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[-] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 17 points 5 days ago

Does stained glass still use leaded metal to hold the glass together?

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

Older stained glass obviously still has lead in it, but they have alternatives now if you're making new stained glass.

[-] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

Interesting, thanks for the answer :)

I remember my mom playing around with stained glass for a while back around 2004, because the house needed a repair of some old leaded glass and why not learn more? She was using lead stuff but idk if that was because it was the only thing available or if it was just to use the same materials.

[-] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

I still use lead solder, there's lead free but it's use it's not super common as far as I'm aware.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I remember using solder with lead in my electronics class in 2004. Removing lead from stuff still feels pretty recent

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I still used leaded solder because I could never get lead free to behave for me.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago

That's my first thought too. Plus it'd be a bit harder to clean algae off the glass, and harder to see the fish off course. Maybe just stained glass for the back?

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